#AEB4AA#AEB4AA

#AEB4AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.016 H 132.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB4AA
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 170)
HSL	hsl(96, 6%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(96, 6%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 5.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, -3.97, 4.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 5.90, 132.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0105 0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.016 132.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0313, 44.5434, 44.4585)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB4AA #B0AAB4

analogous

#B3B4AA #AEB4AA #AAB4AB

triadic

#AEB4AA #AAAEB4 #B4AAAE

tetradic

#AEB4AA #AAB3B4 #B0AAB4 #B4ABAA

square

#AEB4AA #AAB3B4 #B0AAB4 #B4ABAA

split-complementary

#AEB4AA #ABAAB4 #B4AAB3

monochromatic

#70796B #8F9789 #AEB4AA #CDD1CB #ECEDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#AEB4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#AEB4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB4AA

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB4AA	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B2AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.016 132.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cac3',
    500: '#aeb4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb4aa;
$custom-light: #c6cac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96,
    "s": 6.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76225,
    "c": 0.01552,
    "h": 132.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB4AA

secondary

#DDDBDE

accent

#559079

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB4AA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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